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US Terror Agency Will Keep Data on Citizens Longer

NCTC can hold it 5 years now, instead of 180 days

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 22, 2012 6:29 PM CDT

(Newser) – The latest privacy flap: New rules will permit a federal counterterrorism agency to hang onto private data collected on US citizens—even those with no known ties to terror groups—for five years instead of 180 days, report the Washington Post and New York Times....   Read full story »

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